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Blattoidea

Insecta - Blattodea

Taxonomy
Blattoidea was named by Latreille (1810). It is extant. Its type is Blatta.

It was assigned to Orthoptera by Sellards (1904); to Blattodea by Evangelista et al. (2017); and to Solumblattodea by Evangelista et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Blattoidae Latreille p. 246
1810Blattoidea Latreille p. 246
1904Blattacea Sellards
2017Blattoidea Evangelista et al. p. 3
2019Blattoidae Evangelista et al.
2019Blattoidea Evangelista et al.
2019Kittrickea Evangelista et al.
2019Kittrickea Wipfler and Evangelista

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
—Holopandictyoptera
superorderDictyopteraLatreille 1829
orderBlattodea(Latreille 1810)
—Solumblattodea
superfamilyBlattoidea
superfamilyBlattoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Blattoidea Latreille 1810
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Fm. Anaplectidae Walker 1868
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Invalid names: Anaplectinae Walker 1868 [invalid subgroup]
Fm. Blattidae Latreille 1810
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Subfm. Blattinae Latreille 1810
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G. Blatta Linnaeus 1758
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†Blatta berendti Giebel 1856
†Blatta colorata Heer 1864
†Blatta gedanensis Germar and Berendt 1856
†Blatta pauperata von Heyden 1862
†Blatta persipicillata Dalman 1826
†Blatta succinea Germar 1813
†Blatta sundgaviensis Förster 1891
Invalid names: Blattina Germar 1813 [synonym]
G. †Bubosa Šmídová 2020
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†Bubosa poinari Šmídová 2020
G. †Eoplaneta Piton and Théobald 1937
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†Eoplaneta desforesti Piton and Théobald 1937
G. Periplaneta Burmeister 1838
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†Periplaneta eocaenica Meunier 1921
†Periplaneta houlberti Piton 1940
†Periplaneta hylecoeta Zhang 1989
†Periplaneta lacera Zhang 1989
†Periplaneta perialla Anisyutkin and Perkovsky 2021
†Periplaneta relicta Meunier 1921
†Periplaneta smithiae Barna et al. 2023
†Periplaneta sphodra Zhang et al. 1994
†Periplaneta succinica Shelford 1910
G. †Prostylopyga Piton 1940
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†Prostylopyga gigantea Piton 1940
G. †Zeunera Piton 1936
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†Zeunera madeleinae Piton 1936
†Zeunera superba Piton 1940
G. †Cretaperiplaneta Qiu et al. 2020
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†Cretaperiplaneta kaonashi Qiu et al. 2020
Subfm. Polyzosteriinae Tepper 1893
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Tr. Methanini McKittrick 1964
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G. Methana Stal 1877
Tr. Polyzosteriini Tepper 1893
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G. Polyzosteria Burmeister 1838 [bush cockroach]
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†Polyzosteria parvula Germar and Berendt 1856
†Polyzosteria tricuspidata Berendt 1836
Subfm. †Protectobiinae
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G. †Protectobia Piton 1940
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G. †Strictiblatta Lin 1980
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G. †Zhujiblatta Lin 1980
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Invalid names: Latiblatta Hong 2002 [nomen nudum], Protoblattinae Meunier 1907 [empty]
G. †Cercoula Li and Huang 2020
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†Cercoula brachyptera Li and Huang 2020
G. †Hypercercoula Qiu 2022
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Fm. †Paleoblattidae Scudder 1879
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G. †Gerablattina Scudder 1879
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Invalid names: Gerablattina goldenbergi Mahr 1870 [nomen dubium]
G. †Haenoblattina Sellards 1908
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†Haenoblattina rarinervis Sellards 1908
Invalid names: Blattoidae Latreille 1810 [invalid subgroup], Kittrickea Wipfler and Evangelista 2019 [invalid subgroup], Lamproblattidae McKittrick 1964 [empty], Tryonicidae McKittrick and Mackerras 1965 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Holocene or 307.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 303.7 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Haenoblattina rarinervis (113003)
Stephanian C300.9 - 300.3Germany (Thuringia) Blattina goldenbergi (122592)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57China (Zhejiang) Zhujiblatta anofissilis (155597)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Australia (Victoria) Methana sp. (77192)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Bubosa poinari (184414) Cercoula brachyptera (161726) Cretaperiplaneta kaonashi (199518) Hypercercoula jiewenae (224571)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Anhui) Strictiblatta longanusis (155598)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Eoplaneta desforesti (120352) Protectobia primordialis, Prostylopyga gigantea, Zeunera madeleinae, Zeunera superba, Eoplaneta desforesti, Periplaneta houlberti (113685) Zeunera madeleinae (120351)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07China (Liaoning) Latiblatta orientalis (124820) Latiblatta spinosa, Latiblatta orientalis (124530)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Periplaneta smithiae (181560)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Blattidae indet. (120798) Blattidae indet., Periplaneta eocaenica, Periplaneta relicta (120036)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Blattidae indet. (135641 135642 135643 138912)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Colorado) Periplaneta smithiae (224004)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Blatta berendti (147348) Blattina succinea (147349) Periplaneta succinica (124073)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Polyzosteria parvula, Blatta tricuspidata, Blatta gedanensis (109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Periplaneta perialla (221240)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Blatta sundgaviensis (121473)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Blatta sp. (160862)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Blatta pauperata (123945)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Anaplecta sp. (151418) Anaplecta vega (150408)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico Anaplecta sp. (146607)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Periplaneta hylecoeta (128551) Periplaneta lacera (128552) Periplaneta sphodra (138944)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Anaplecta sp. (122982)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Blattidium coloratum (117252)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Blatta persipicillata (152160) Periplaneta sp., Anaplecta sp. (123991)